Data from: Nukutipipi Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago; Geomorphology, land and marine flora and fauna and interrelationships

Occurrence Observation
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Description

Nukutipipi atoll (5 km2), of volcanic origin 16-17 million years old on the Pitcairn (hot spot) Hereheretue line, presents a land flora and fauna of low diversity but with a Pisonia forest and hundreds of resident red-tailed tropic birds. Nukutipipi suffered from the 1983 hurricanes : destruction of vegetation and motu as well as sand lagoon mollusc populations. The north and south rims present original geomorphological structures. Lagoon without patch reefs reaching the surface is characterised by dome patch reefs all constituted of dead Acropora with few scleractinian and mollusc species, but an important algae coverage. All these characteristics indicate the precariousness on a time scale of such a so tiny atoll, land and marine, with a closed lagoon.

Observations on Nukutipipi atoll which we are reporting were mainly in November 1988 but also previously in August 1982 and July 1986.

Data Records

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Salvat F, Salvat B (2024). Data from: Nukutipipi Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago; Geomorphology, land and marine flora and fauna and interrelationships. Version 1.0. Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. Occurrence dataset. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=nukutipipi_atoll&v=1.0

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Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

Francine Salvat
  • Originator
  • Researcher
Laboratoire de Biologie Marine et Malacologie, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Perpignan
FR
Bernard Salvat
  • Point Of Contact
  • Professor
Université Paris-Sud 11Département de Biologie
Paris
FR
Bernard Salvat
  • Point Of Contact
  • Researcher
Université Paris-Sud 11Département de Biologie
Paris
FR
Kevin Mackay

Geographic Coverage

Nukutipipi Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia

Bounding Coordinates South West [-20.714, -143.066], North East [-20.689, -143.041]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1982-08-01 / 1988-11-30

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Salvat, F. and Salvat, B. 1992. Nukutipipi Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago; Geomorphology, land and marine flora and fauna and interrelationships. Atoll Research Bulletin. 357:1–43. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.357.1

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS